The suicide bomber attempts to enter a town, where coalition and Afghan forces are training. Police at a checkpoint recognize he is wearing an explosive vest. One officer embraces him to blunt the effects of the explosives. The bomber detonates his explosives, killing the officer and eight children.

So, it kind of sounds like in an attempt to prevent the attack against actual military targets (forces in training), a bunch of children died instead. Is there a [NICE TRY] tag instead?

Loren:Actually, I'm not sure it really is that much bravery. It's like falling on the grenade--if you're too close to save yourself you lose nothing by saving others.

Of course this is bravery. When there is a threatening situation, the standard reaction is to make all effort to save oneself; a heroic reaction would be to abandon all concern for oneself and make all effort to save others. Would his outcome have been the same had he not done this and attempted to leap to safety or similar? Likely, but also likely is how little time he is given to make such a calculated reaction versus a selfless one.